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January 6, 2020
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H.I.V.E.

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Real Identity: Not Applicable
Appearances: Part One, Part Two, and The Movie
Powers/Skills: Various
Voiced By: Imari Williams (H.I.V.E. Pilot)


H.I.V.E. is a terrorist organization modeled after bees. The Jackal, one of its members, invited Deathstroke to join H.I.V.E. and was refused. Jackal's superiors would not take "no" for an answer. He easily defeated Adeline Wilson and kidnapped Joseph Wilson, Deathstroke's son. Deathstroke entered a dark building. From somewhere in the dark, Jackal mockingly asked how his wife was. Deathstroke demanded he show himself. Jackal stepped forward. Deathstroke wanted his son. Jackal promised he was fine and just a bargaining chip. He told him to accept the bargain and Joseph would not get hurt. Deathstroke stated he would not work with H.I.V.E., the same answer he gave before. Jackal respected his answer but he pointed out his superiors didn't. Bronze Tiger and another operative appeared. Jackal shared his superiors thought Deathstroke's skills would be of great value to the organization. Deathstroke called them terrorists. Jackal preferred equal opportunity murderers who sold their services to the highest bidder.

Jackal felt they were just like Deathstroke except they thought globally. Deathstroke wondered how many innocent people, women, and children died at his hands. Jackal admitted he lost count but declared they were all murderers under the skin, it was just a matter of scale. He found morality to be a delusion that fools wear like a comforting cloak. He didn't think Deathstroke was a fool. A monster, but not a fool. Deathstroke agreed he was a monster but he only killed if the cause was right. He claimed there were lines he wouldn't cross. Jackal countered the widows and children of the soldiers he murdered in San Miguel would not agree. He stated men like them pretended to have hearts and souls but underneath that was only darkness. Deathstroke still declined to join. Jackal implored him to reconsider. Tiger and the operative charged him. Deathstroke parried her sword, blocked Tiger's claws, then rolled. She blocked his strikes and flip kicked him. They started to fight in tandem. She went for a sweep. Deathstroke backed off. They charged.

At the last second, Deathstroke flipped his swords and stabbed the operative through her chest and through Tiger's right arm. Jackal saw enough. The lights came on and a giant H.I.V.E. console was revealed. The operative reached for Jackal then died. Deathstroke threw her to his feet. Jackal knelt down and looked at her body then stood up. He told Deathstroke he just proved his point. He revealed she was an extraordinary operative but clearly not extraordinary enough and Bronze Tiger's skills were legendary. Deathstroke demanded his son. Jackal demanded an answer. A part of the floor opened and a glass enclosure rose up. Joseph Wilson was held at knife point by a H.I.V.E. Soldier. Deathstroke severed Tiger's arm and threw out a flash bomb. He stabbed Jackal through his gut and threw him aside. He told Joseph not to be afraid and charged. Deathstroke broke through but he wasn't fast enough. The soldier slit his throat then was killed. Deathstroke picked Joseph up then leveled the building with three grenades. Tiger dragged Jackal to safety and went down the floor. A fire engulfed the building.

Deathstroke spent several years dismantling H.I.V.E. once and for all. Not all of H.I.V.E. was destroyed. The survivors went underground and regrouped. Jackal decided H.I.V.E. needed reorganization and new leadership. Bronze Tiger wiped out all of Jackal's competition. Jackal then very quietly reformed H.I.V.E. into dozens of independent cells scattered across the world. Bronze Tiger left H.I.V.E. to freelance. 10 years after Joseph Wilson was kidnapped, Deathstroke returned to his condo a bleeding mess. With little care, he stripped his suit off and laid down. Suddenly, all his phones rang at once. It was an unknown number. A woman's voice was on the other end and she knew Wilson was Deathstroke. She appeared on the screens in his condo and called herself H.I.V.E. Queen. Wilson stated H.I.V.E. was gone. She revealed H.I.V.E. went underground and reformed itself as independent cells. She revealed her cell was interested in the Wilson family. Wilson reiterated he wasn't joining them. She told him not to flatter himself, and intimated they had the son.

The Queen showed him a feed of Joseph lying down on a floor then compared Deathstroke to a hand gun and Joseph to a nuclear bomb. Joseph suddenly started to power up. Queen declared Joseph belonged to her. Wilson demanded to know what she did to him. She chuckled in surprise and stated he did it. She scoffed upon realizing Wilson didn't know he was the source of his son's powers. Deathstroke found Bronze Tiger in Kasnia and forced him to reveal H.I.V.E. Queen was based in the Kerguelens. Deathstroke dropped from an advanced aircraft he borrowed from someone who owed him then swam to shore. He was greeted by drones and Lady Shiva, the deadliest hand-to-hand combat in the world. To Shiva's surprise, Deathstroke dropped to his knees with his hands up. She asked what he was doing. Deathstroke surrendered. Shiva refused to accept it. H.I.V.E. Queen came up on comms and told Shiva to bring him in alive. Shiva complied and walked him to the H.I.V.E. base nestled in the island's volcano.

H.I.V.E. Queen complimented Deathstroke on his strategy but warned him it wouldn't be as easy getting out. Deathstroke realized she was just a child. She quipped he was a dinosaur whose time had passed. She took her mask off. Deathstroke cut to the chase and demanded his son. She was amused by his sudden concern for him after he was left trapped, isolated, and friendless with his mind and soul on fire. Deathstroke stated he didn't know his son had powers. She wondered if he didn't want to. He was taken to the chamber holding Joseph. Deathstroke thought he was their lab rat. She countered they were training him and helping him master his powers. Deathstroke pointed out he was locked up. She stated it was for his own protection since his psychic energies were still wildly unstable. Still, she keyed on how limitless his potential was. Deathstroke assumed she meant as a weapon. She confirmed as much and told him to imagine manipulation on a global scale through the power of mind. H.I.V.E. Would dominate the world with no bullets or bombs.

Deathstroke pounded on the chamber and called out to Joseph. Joseph had flashbacks to when his throat was slit. Shiva put her swords to Deathstroke's neck in a "x" pattern. The Queen revealed they gave him a new name, Jericho, because he was going to bring down the walls of the old order tumbling down. She nodded and Shiva released Deathstroke. The Queen inquired if he ever cared about Joseph or if this was just another adventure to prove his questionable manhood. She claimed H.I.V.E. was his family. Jericho used telepathy to ask Deathstroke for his help. Deathstroke told him to get back. He planted an explosive on the chamber. The Queen saw it but it was too late. The explosion rocked the room. Deathstroke put Jericho over his shoulder and bolted, shooting soldiers he came across. A mounted device fired a bola at him. They dropped over a ledge. Deathstroke jumped off a moving ledge, fired a grapnel, and made it into a doorway with Jericho. They were soon surrounded.

Jericho awakened and used his powers to render them all unconscious. Jericho claimed to know a way out. He used his telepathy to make Deathstroke think he radioed Wintergreen then used telekinesis to open steel doors. He dropped to his knees and revealed that was all he could do. Deathstroke tried to hail Wintergreen but his gauntlet fried. Jericho informed him Wintergreen wasn't coming and revealed he blocked the signal. Deathstroke asked him why. Jericho revealed he wouldn't betray his own sister. He didn't understand. Jericho tapped his head. Deathstroke realized the H.I.V.E. Queen was the daughter of him and the Cambodian woman he slept with. He tried to explain his motives to Jericho. Jericho cut him off and told him he came riding to the rescue like a knight in shining armor. Deathstroke called out to him. He stated Joseph was gone and there was only Jericho. H.I.V.E. caught up to them. Jericho bid Deathstroke goodbye. The soldiers opened fire on Deathstroke. After talking innumerable amounts of bullets, Deathstroke dropped to his knees. Lady Shiva pushed him off the cliff into the ocean then congratulated Jericho. Jericho took one last look then walked back into the facility.

Current Members


H.I.V.E. Queen

The Jackal

Jericho

Lady Shiva

Myshkin

Former Members


Bronze Tiger

Colonel Kapoor